[arch-general] Kernel updated to 3.14.5-1. Now my Lenovo IdeaPad hangs on boot...

[Mike Cloaked]

It is quite likely you have been hit by the now infamous efistub bug - see:

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33745?project=1

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68761

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156670



On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Manuel Reimer <Manuel.Spam at nurfuerspam.de>
wrote:

> On 06/03/2014 05:16 PM, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
>
>> To recover your machine:
>> 1) Boot from Arch ISO. I always have an USB pan with Arch image and
>> found it useful for emergency cases.
>> 2) Find your system partitions. Use 'lsblk' for this
>> 3) mount your system partition, e.g. 'mkdir system; mount /dev/sda1
>> system'
>> 4) arch-chroot into your system: 'arch-chroot system'
>> 5) fix your system e.g. downgrade kernel to previous version 'downgrade
>> linux'
>> 6) reboot and enjoy
>>
>
> Did so, now. Now I'm on 3.14.4, again. System boots without any problems.
>
> But why can't I use the current kernel? Does someone here successfully
> boot 3.14.5 via efistub? Bug in kernel? Or maybe bug in kernel
> configuration?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Manuel
>
>


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mike c